Editor's Review

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC), a derivative of Media Player Classic, is a no-nonsense alternative to the Windows Media Player. MPC-HC isn’t flashy but it works with nearly any media format. So dig out your old AVIs along with your modern H.264 and VC-1 videos, you won’t be disappointed. As for high-definition content, MPC-HC uses DXVA technology to pass decoding operations to your modern video card, enhancing your viewing experience. And MPC-HC supports both physical and software DVDs with menus, chapter navigation, and subtitles.

Product at a Glance

MPC-HC does not require any special configuration, just download it and go. There are dozens of user-friendly options to choose like a wide range of A/V formats. And you can design a default format with LAV filters or other DirectShow decoders that are based on the FFmpeg decoder. With MPC-HC you have the options to select an aspect ratio that matches your playback device and personal preferences. For example, the Pan & Scan mode crops videos to fill the screen without letterboxing by omitting portions of the image, which may be appropriate on some devices. Advanced users may use MPC-HC to configure the output renderer for video playback.

Product Details

Here is a detailed breakdown of MPC-HC’s features:

Lightweight—MPC-HC allows you to watch movies on any SSE CPU, even on your old computer back from '01.

Customizable—With its wide array of options, MPC-HC toolbars can be customized to fit almost any needs.

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Description

Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is an extremely light-weight, open source media player for Windows®. Media Player Classic Home Cinema supports all common video and audio file formats available for playback. Based on the original Guliverkli project, Media Player Classic Home Cinema contains a lot of additional features and bug fixes. Plus Media Player Classic Home Cinema is 100% spyware free, there are no advertisements or toolbars.

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User Reviews

Excellent player with an easy to use yet advanced functionality. Light on the design side though...

Posted 02/27/2015

wireless-hd

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Oustanding ! It can play everything almost by itself ! For BD ISO or 3D BD ISO you have to use a Virtual drive with MPC-HC to be able to play them. But otherwise it's an 12 on 10 !!!
It plays those SAMSUNG HEVC .TS Ultra HD 4k files with ease ! Marvelous !!!!

Posted 02/06/2015

renzo1793

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very good

Posted 01/21/2015

bobos277

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EXCELLENT PROGRAM !!! BEYOND COMPAER !!!

Posted 12/23/2014

hank000

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Hi, I have found only a problem creating video h265 low resolution with megui, when use last mpc-hc, the video doesn't start.
Good work!